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In selecting members for their state executive committee, Texas democrats would?
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| choose one man and one woman per state senatorial district |
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At the national level, Texas elects ___ senators and ___ representatives.
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| 2 senators and 36 representatives |
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True or false: campaigning has decreased the independence of candidates for parties.
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As a candidate of the ____ _____ Party, Ramsey Muniz managed to gain 7.2 percent of the vote for governor in 1972.
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The permanent party organization consist of?
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Texas' use of a presidential preference primary means that?
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| the presidential preferences of most Texan delegates are decided for the national convention. |
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What party dominated Texas politics from the 1870's until the 1960's?
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The start of the _____ system by President Andrew Jackson vastly increased the abilities of parties to run the governments to which their candidates were elected.
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What happened to the Anglo population of Texas after annexation?
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| established Democratic party dominance and were very distrustful of the federal government. |
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John Tower was the first Texas Republican to?
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| be elected to statewide office since the era of Democratic dominance began |
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The ____ presidential election in which the Shivercrats ran for office, broke the tradition of straight ticket Democratic voting in Texas.
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Voter identification weakens third party chances because?
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| voters grow up with two major parties and readily identify with them |
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Party de-alignment at the national level occurred roughly around the ____ election.
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In 1988, the Republicans made big gains in Texas by capturing?
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| seats on the Texas Supreme Court & a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission |
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What was major political positions held buy Sam Houston?
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| opposition to slavery & opposition to secession |
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The average voting precinct in Texas contains how many voters?
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What was the direct primary designed to accomplish?
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| Open the selection of candidates directly to party members while reducing the power of party bosses |
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What is open the best that a third party can hope to achieve in Texas?
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| to have it's ideas adopted by a major party |
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"Salami-slicing the electorate" refers to?
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| the isolation of subgroups through research for targeted campaigning |
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The dominant anti-Houston political faction of the period called themselves the ________ ________.
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